[SOLVED] Number of CGBlog articles

[nervino]

Hello,
in my template I put

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{CGBlog category="events"}

I need to know the number of CGBlog items showed (maybe, there could be only 1 or 2 articles for that category), in order to use it to adapt a div height in the template.
For example, if that tag will output 3 items, I need that number in a smarty variable.

Which is the best way to do it?

thanks

[JohnnyB]

You can assign it to a variable in your summary template

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{capture assign='articlecount'}{$items|@count}{/capture}

Then use {$articlecount} in your page/template. When using the category parameter, it should count just the articles available for that category.

[zaidcrowe]

I have'nt used this for a while - but i think this will use the Summary template to create it's output (if not the following should still be of use!)

In the template look for something like:

{foreach from=$items item=entry}

To get the number of items and assign it to a variable use:

{assign var="cat_count" value=$items@|count}

To use that variable in your template simple use:

{$cat_count}

[velden]

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{assign var="cat_count" value=$items@|count}

should be

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{assign var="cat_count" value=$items|@count}

I guess

[zaidcrowe]

im either blind - or their both the same...

[velden]

small change: @| vs. |@

[zaidcrowe]

ahhh - interesting - is that a smarty 3 thing, or a different function - swear I always used my version and it was ok :S

[JohnnyB]

not a smarty 3 thing because smarty 3 doesn't need the @.
Smarty 2 does though

[zaidcrowe]

thanks for the info

[nervino]

Thank you All!